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Music Respawn with Kate Remington

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WSHU Public Radio’s Kate Remington combines her love of music and video games in this series of informal conversations with composers and performers of game soundtracks. Plus, there’s lots of music in the interviews, so you can hear it for yourself!

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CleanRyan Ike Weaves An American Tapestry In Songs

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is described by its creators, Dim Bulb Studios, as "a bleak American folk tale." After losing a bet with a mysterious character (voiced by Sting), you criss cross the country in search of stories, which become a currency

Writing music for games is a dream that Nikola Jeremic has worked very hard to achieve. After winning several music and audio design competitions, and contributing additional music for games including Destiny 2 , Nikola got the chance to score a game on

March 2 through March 4, game music fans and performers will gather in the Twin Cities for the annual VGM Con , a celebration of all facets of video game music! As Thomas Spargo, the Con's creator told me, there'll be a lot to enjoy, including panels by

Although it seems like a simple platform game at first, Celeste actually is a brutally difficult journey of self-discovery for Madeline, the main character, as she bravely faces challenges climbing the namesake mountain. Composer Lena Raine had her own

With several earlier Star Wars games under his belt, composer Gordy Haab was ready to take on a new challenge: creating an iconic theme for the new character of Iden Versio, who has an incredible story arc in Star Wars Battlefront II. In our conversatio

Matthew Carl Earl's music for Honor of Kings, created by China's Tencent Studios, has been heard by tens of millions of players. A North American version of the game, Arena of Valor , launched in December 2017. In our conversation, Matthew said writing

More than four years after it was finished, Music of the Spheres , the prequel suite for Bungie Studios' game Destiny by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori, was released in its original form – by a pair of devoted fans on Christmas Day 2017. Now t

Michael Wandmacher's been a fan of the epically difficult Dark Souls games by the studio From Software for years, so he was thrilled when he was asked to contribute music for Bloodborne , by the same studio. As in the earlier Dark Souls games, the playe

Seven The Days Long Gone is set on a post-apocalyptic prison island, where scavenging and stealth are the main ways to stay alive. As bleak as the game world is, composer Marcin Przybylowicz felt strongly that music should be an integral part of the

Like lots of 10-year olds, Trevor Gomes was completely sucked into the world of Pokémon! Years later, he and a group of talented arrangers recreated all those happy memories of the classic Pokémon games with stunning piano arrangements and performance

The latest chapter in the Dead Rising story sees hero Frank West heading back to the little town of Willamette, Colorado, to handle another Christmas zombie outbreak. This time, he has help from some Capcom Heroes! Composer Oleksa Lozowchuk said he and

Who murdered Nikola Tesla? It's up to you to find out. Composer Cris Velasco says he was hooked the moment he read the stories of the characters in Tequila Works' Virtual Reality experience, The Invisible Hours . On the surface it seems like a

Composer Anthony Willis ' film credits include How To Train Your Dragon 2 , Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and Jason Bourne , but writing the score for Knack 2 was an entirely new adventure, and one he thoroughly enjoyed! Anthony was

CleanMusic Respawn! Wilbert Roget, II: Composing For Call Of Duty World War II Is A Dream Come True

Ever since he played the first Call of Duty in college, composing a score for the series and writing music for a game set during World War II have been dual career goals for Wilbert Roget, II. Those goals lined up when he was offered the chance to write

CleanMusic Respawn! Rich Douglas: Creating Another World In A Symphony

Another World , released in 1991 by Eric Chahi, is a game that was far ahead of its time. It's a haunting, lonely experience as scientist Lester is transported to a harsh, dying world and taken captive. Composer and sound designer Rich Douglas has been

Alexander Brandon has always loved writing music for games set in the future, including his iconic music for the original Deus Ex games. He had an opportunity once again to peer into what the future holds with his music for Aven Colony , from the small

Every game composer I've talked with has so much respect for the musicians who bring their music to life on the soundtracks. In this episode we'll meet three outstanding performers: oboist Kristin Naigus , who's recorded scores for Austin Wintory and ma

CleanMusic Respawn! Swingin' With Kris Maddigan & His Big Band Score For Cuphead

The 1930's cartoon style of Cuphead , from Studio MDHR demanded a soundtrack just as unique. Kris Maddigan , a professional percussionist, spent years reverse-engineering the iconic jazz styles of the first half of the 20th century, including Ragtime,

There's no music as you're racing your 1974 E-Type Jag around legendary tracks like Spa. Instead, composer and sound designer for Project Cars 2 , Stephen Baysted says his music is created to set the scene and get the player anticipating the racing acti

Once he got over his surprise at the new direction Bungie was going to take Destiny 2 – destroying everything that's been familiar for the last three years – Mike Salvatori embraced the exciting prospect offered by new planets, new enemies and a tot